JOE BESWICK of the London Renters Union talks to the Morning Star’s new Left on Record programme
A resurgent union, committed to free expression
Without a free press, democracy dies, says NUJ general secretary MICHELLE STANISTREET

AT THE beginning of next month, the NUJ with the Society of Editors will launch The Journalists’ Safety Toolkit. It is an app that provides regularly updated information for reporters and photographers who feel themselves in danger.
Delighted as I am to provide such a resource for our members, the need for it is the cause of the deepest concern.
The working assumption of the labour movement for the past half-century has been that work is becoming progressively safer — and it is trade unions who have led on that work and deserve much of the credit for advances made.
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